Tuesday, November 4, 2008

4:43 PM

Middleton elections officials have moved a polling site from the local high school to the city's fire station following a reported bomb threat on the original site.

Dane County Clerk Bob Ohlsen said his office did not have many details about the incident, but said it took about 15 minutes to move the operation to the alternate polling site. The clerk's office said all of their sites have contingency plans in preparation for just such an occasion.

Ohlsen said he advised Middleton officials to contact the Government Accountability Board regarding any need to keep the polls open late tonight.